English → Latin
“reverence” in Latin
revereorto stand in awe (of), regard, respect, honor, reverence, revere; to stand in fear (of); to be afraid, fearverēcundiaknowing one's place, regarded as a virtue; coyness, modesty; shyness, bashfulness; shame, awevenerātiōreverence, veneration; worshipadmīrātiōwonder, admiration
The English word reverence itself goes back to Latin vereor, through reverentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
reverence s.
reverentia: verecundia: veneratio: admiratio. [SYN. in AWE.]
As a title, *vir reverendus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for reverence?
- The usual Latin words for “reverence” are revereor, verēcundia, venerātiō; also admīrātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.